School desk and seat



T. QUINLAN. SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- 5. I917.

PatentdJune 29, 1920.

THOMAS QUINLAN, or MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SCHOOL DESK AND SEAT.

' Specification of Letters Patent. P t t J n 29, 1 2

Application filed November 5, 1917. Serial no. 200,340.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I THoMAs QUINLAN, a citizen of the United states, andresident of Milwaukee, in the'county of Milwaukee and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in School Desks andSeats, of which the following is a description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, which are a part of thls specification.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to provide a schooldesk and seat which may be supported from a single standard to permiteasy and convenient cleaning of the floor on which the desk and seat aremounted.

A further object of the invention is to provide a school desk and seatin which the seat portion will automatically fold to closed positionwhen not in use and thus provide greater space between rows of desks.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a school deskand seat which may be formed of the minimum number of parts, is ofsimple construction and strong and durable and is well adapted for thepurpose described.

WVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of theimproved school desk and seat and its parts and combinations as setforth in the claims, and all equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views: I

Figure 1 is a side view of the improved school desk and seat shown inopen position;

Fig. 2 is a rear view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view thereof with the seat portion andthe supplemental back rest portion swung upwardly; and

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view of the supporting standards takenon line 4-1 of Fig. 2. I

Referring to the'drawing the numeral 5 indicates a standard or supportof T-shape in cross section which is provided with an inwardlyprojecting base extension 6 and an outwardly proj ectingbase flange 7.The base extension 6 and the base flange 7 are provided with screw holes8 for firmly fastening the base to the floor. The upper portion of thestandard is formed with an integral arm 9 which projects inwardly in thesame direction as the base extension 6, an

outer, upper flanged desk portion 10 extending at right angles to thebase extension, and is also formed with a forward downwardly extendingseat back flange 11 which is an angular continuation of the desk flange.

A desk board 12 is mounted on top of the flanged portion 10 and a seatback board 13 ismounted on the flanged portion ll and" are securedthereto by screws 14. The upper edge portion of the seat back board 13pro ects slightly above the desk board to form a stop therefor. Anangular member or casting 15 having a seat back flange 15 is connectedto the inner end portions of both the desk board and the seat back boardand forms the end member for the desk. This end member and the standardare provlded with inwardly extending shelf flanges 16 to support thebook shelf board 17 and a back portion 18 for holding books, etc.

The lower end portions of the seat back flanges 11 and 15 are bifurcatedand eyed as indicated by the numeral 19 to receive the eyed ends ofsupplemental flanged angled members 20 hingedly connected thereto by apintle rod 21 which extends horizontally through the eyed portions. Asupplemental seat back board 22 is mounted on the supplemental seat backflanged members 20 and forms in connection with the seat back board 13 atwo part foldable seat back member. The lower angular end portlons ofthe supplemental members 20 proect forwardly and have eyed ends 23 torecelve the bifurcated and eyed ends 24 of the seat brackets 25 hingedlyconnected thereto by a pintle rod 26 extending horizontally throughtheeyed portions. A seat board 27 is mounted on the seat brackets 25 andmay be folded with the brackets to the position shown in Fig. 3.

Coiled springs 28 and 29 mounted respectively on the pintle pins andhaving their end portions bearing against the adjacent portions of theseat or seat back members automatically fold said parts when the seat isnot occupied.

Hinge shoulders 30 formed on the flanged back when unoccupied theminimum amount of space is occlipied and the floor around the standardmay be easily kept in a sanitary condition.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the school desk andseat is of very simple construction and is Well adapted for thepurposedescribed.

What I claim as myvinvention is:

1. A desk and seat in part, comprising 'a' single standard having a baseextension, a

tWo part hinged together seat back carriedby the standard, and a seatmember hinged to the seat back.

2. A desk and seat in part, comprising a single standard having a baseextension,

said standard also provided with a seat'back flanged portion, 'an endmember having a seat back flange, a tWo part hinged together seat backmounted on the seat back flanges, and a seat member hinged to theseatback. 3; A-desk= and seat-in part, comprising a standard, a two parthinged together fold- THOMAS QUINLAN;

